The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-02
Two PENSION BILLS.
The Mexican Pension Bill Passed
by Congress.
The Dependent Relatives Bill Goes
Through the House.

The Mexican Pension bill, just passed by
Congress, provides that a pension OF IS
month shall be paid to all surviving officers
and enlisted men, including marines, militia
and volunteers, of the military and naval
services of the United States, who, being
duly enlisted, actually served sixty days
with the army or navy Of the United
States in Mexico or on the coasts or frontier
thereof or en- route thereto in the war with
that nation, or were actually engaged in
battle in said war and were .honorably dis
charged, and to such other officers and SOL
ally named 10 any resolution Of Congress
for any specific service in said var, and
the surviving widow of such officers
and enlisted men, provided that such widow
shall have not remarked; provided that
every such officer, enlisted man or widow,
who is or may become sixty-two years OF
age, or who is or may become subject to aby
disability or dependency equivalent to some
cause prescribed or recognized by the Pen.
reason for the allowance ofa pension, shall be
entitled to the benefits Of this act; but it
shall not be held to include any person not
within the rule Of age or disability or de-
pendency herein defined, or who incurred
such disability while in any manner volun-
tarily engaged in or aiding or abetting the
late rebellion against the authority OF the
United States.
Section 4,7l6, Revised Statutes is repealed
so far as it relates to this act or to pensioners
under this act.
The Dependent Relatives Bill
The House has passed the bill for the relief
Of the dependent parents and honorably dis
charged soldiers and sailors who are now
disabled and dependent upon their own labor
for support
Section one provides that in considering
the pension claims Of dependent parents the
soldier left no widow or minor children hay.
ing been shown as required by law, it shall
be necessary only to show that such parents
arc without other means OF support than
their own manual labor or the contributions
of others not legally bound for their support;
provided that no pension allowed under this
act shall commence prior to its passage.
Section 2 provides that all persons who
served three months or more in the military
or naval service of the United States, or In
any war in which the United States has been
engaged, and who have teen honorably
discharged thsrefrom, and who are
now, or who may hereafter be suffering
from mental or physical disability, not the
result Of their own vicious habits or gross
carelesSneSS, WHICH inCapasAoo'eo 0ne,1 -oH
the performance Of labor in such degree
as to render them unable to earn sup
port, and who are del tendent upon their
daily labor for support, shall, upon max
ng due proof of ths fact according - such
rules and regulations as the Secretary Of the
Interior may provide in pursuance of this
act, be placed on the list Of invalid pension.
ers of the United States and be entitled to
receive for such total inability to procure
their subsistence by daily labor $l2 per
month. and such pension shall commence
from the date of the filing Of the apph:.
cation in the Pension Office, upon proof that
ing the existence of the same in the degree
herein provided. This act shall not apply to
persons under political disabilities or to any
person whose disability was incurred while
engaged in the military service against the
limited States .'